Hi,
I (foreigner) and my husband (USC) went in for the AOS interview last week. The officer was nice and made some small talk, but was very professional throughout. Our case is straightforward (married summer 2008, filed November 2008) - we have known each other for 4 years, lived together for 5 months before I moved for school.
I went to school in another city because I was admitted to my dream school for my MBA. We got engaged my first semester and have been flying back and forth since (every 3-4 weeks). I also spent my internship in my husband's city and I get along great with his family. Both families have met, we have tons of pictures, we are of similar age, education level, etc. I am moving back to his city this summer after graduation. At the interview, we explained everything and showed documentation containing both of our names, as well as pictures, letters, airline itineraries. The officer said "it looks fine" but he said that my file is very large (I've been in the country legally for about 10 years with different employers, graduate and undergraduate school) and he wants to look through all the documentation we sent.
He took my I-94, Advance Parole trave doc and my EAD cards and told me to look for the green card in the mail within 4 weeks and to call the number if "it gets lost in the mail". He even asked me which address we want the green card mailed to. But when he handed me the note, it said that the case has been continued for "further review". I'm confused - why would he mark "further review", while taking my documents and telling me to look for the card in the mail? Also, do most second interviews (aka fraud interviews) get scheduled during the first interview or later in the mail? I don't know if it's safe to assume no "fraud interview" is coming our way... He seemed so positive but I'm worried about the "further review" mark.
I (foreigner) and my husband (USC) went in for the AOS interview last week. The officer was nice and made some small talk, but was very professional throughout. Our case is straightforward (married summer 2008, filed November 2008) - we have known each other for 4 years, lived together for 5 months before I moved for school.
I went to school in another city because I was admitted to my dream school for my MBA. We got engaged my first semester and have been flying back and forth since (every 3-4 weeks). I also spent my internship in my husband's city and I get along great with his family. Both families have met, we have tons of pictures, we are of similar age, education level, etc. I am moving back to his city this summer after graduation. At the interview, we explained everything and showed documentation containing both of our names, as well as pictures, letters, airline itineraries. The officer said "it looks fine" but he said that my file is very large (I've been in the country legally for about 10 years with different employers, graduate and undergraduate school) and he wants to look through all the documentation we sent.
He took my I-94, Advance Parole trave doc and my EAD cards and told me to look for the green card in the mail within 4 weeks and to call the number if "it gets lost in the mail". He even asked me which address we want the green card mailed to. But when he handed me the note, it said that the case has been continued for "further review". I'm confused - why would he mark "further review", while taking my documents and telling me to look for the card in the mail? Also, do most second interviews (aka fraud interviews) get scheduled during the first interview or later in the mail? I don't know if it's safe to assume no "fraud interview" is coming our way... He seemed so positive but I'm worried about the "further review" mark.
. This shows that "further review" may not mean any further investigation - I guess officers sometimes use it to buy themselves more time to go throught the paperwork, if there's a lot of it, like in our case.